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Boat Forum / Building / November 2007Best computer hardware aboard boat!
And it really really works! http://www.home.earthlink.net/~cavelamb/c18-deck.htm > And it really really works! > > http://www.home.earthlink.net/~cavelamb/c18-deck.htm Thenk ewe. This is undoubtedly the best use for computer hardware on a sailboat. There truly must be some logic in the multiverse, somewhere, proved by the fact that it works. For how long? Mi kawmpliments. -An aspiring snob. Terry K > > And it really really works! > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Terry K I have seen buildings put cd's in trees and it keeps the birds away for a really long time. I haven't heard of them coming back as long as the disc is there in fact. It just needs to be able to move a little in the breeze or motion of the boat. > And it really really works! > > http://www.home.earthlink.net/~cavelamb/c18-deck.htm Wow! I noticed several boats in my marina sporting these this evening. And it really really works! A question for someone who knows... I have a whole bunch of DVD movies I'd like to have aboard the boat. But for the space needed to store them (3 bookshelves right now). What would be involved in archiving some of these on a USB type hard drive. How do you get tehm on the drive? Special software to read the disks? Or "play" them on? Richard >A question for someone who knows... > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >Richard could you just throw away the cases and stack them on a spindle? >>A question for someone who knows... >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > could you just throw away the cases and stack them on a spindle? CDs are ok stored that way, but DVDs tend to be too fragile. >>>A question for someone who knows... >>> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > CDs are ok stored that way, but DVDs tend to be too fragile. Why not put the DVDs in Tyvek or soft plastic sleeves? Google "DVD storage sleeves" and you'll find many suppliers, at about a nickel per. If you want the protection of hard plastic, there are "jewel box" type cases that are very thin, especially those that store two per case. >>>>A question for someone who knows... >>>> [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > the protection of hard plastic, there are "jewel box" type cases that are > very thin, especially those that store two per case. It's a space issue. I have a little over 1000 movies stored exactly that way (Thin cases). It was a mad house when it was all VHS tapes! DVD is a lot better - storage space wise - but still takes up considerable physical space. DVD's are made differently (than CDs) and really need to be better protected than just sleeves or stacked on a spindle. Besides, I don't want to take the disks themselves out on the boat. I checked at Fry's today. 750 Gig USB drive for just under $300. That would hold about 100 movies. (guessing an average of 7 Gig or so per title?) But how to load them is the question... >>>>>I have a whole bunch of DVD movies I'd like to have aboard the boat. >>>>>But for the space needed to store them (3 bookshelves right now). [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > (guessing an average of 7 Gig or so per title?) > But how to load them is the question... If you are willing to sacrifice a little playback quality, why not rip your DVDs to MPEGs or other file formats which produce much smaller files? E.g. http://www.wikihow.com/Rip-a-DVD-to-an-AVI-or-MPG-File-Using-DVDx A two-hour movie will be about 750 megs. So your external drive could hold about 1,000 films. Stack up a few of those and you'd have quite a library! (g) Each DVD is 4.7 GB, but audio and video are separate mpg files, and usually highly segmented (not continous) and encrypted. The alternatives are to: 1. Use a commercial rip solution ($49-$89) to copy the disk image to your HDD. You can then play each, just as though it were a physical dvd off you HDD. A few DVDs are encrypted using sophisticated schemes which will prevent you from doing this. Put these in large CD binders by topic or genre and carry them aboard, or 2. Invest 5-6 hrs for each to actually rip the separate mpg audio and video files, re-edit the highly segmented files using video editing software, and re-render them to your Goliath HDD or blank DVD discs; 3. Simply record each in real time from a dvd player through an inexpensive ($130) time-base-corrector to eliminate the jitter and skew caused by the anti-copy protection into a dvd recorder ($100-$4500 depending on quality), then transfer those files to your HDD; 4. Buy copies of your collection on eBay, and put them in binders to leave aboard; or 5. Get a biggger boat that has space to store your eye candy. You will enjoy this alterntive the most, if you get a fully gymballed popcorn popper. V- >>>>>>I have a whole bunch of DVD movies I'd like to have aboard the boat. >>>>>>But for the space needed to store them (3 bookshelves right now). [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > about 1,000 films. Stack up a few of those and you'd have quite a library! > (g) Or... you could use a program that recognises the vob file format used on the DVD's. Then you simply copy the files to your hard drive. Since the industry started out in opposition of any open source software for DVD's, the Linux folks had to write all their own stuff right from the start. You might want to look at sourceforge.net for software that has been ported to windows. VLC does a lot more than what I use it for and I seem to recall reading that it does this also, but if it doesn't there will be other software that does. regards, Joe > Each DVD is 4.7 GB, but audio and video are separate mpg files, and > usually highly segmented (not continous) and encrypted. [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > will enjoy this alterntive the most, if you get a fully gymballed > popcorn popper. |
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